Alexander Nikolaevich Odintsov is a climber involved in wall climbing. The developer and organizer of the project "Russian Way. Walls of the World", the head of the team that was awarded the Golden Ice Ax. His life is a story of overcoming, a story of how a person challenges the circumstances and himself. He does not imagine another field.
From biography
Alexander Nikolaevich Odintsov was born in 1957 in the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Region. The teenager grew up on adventure books and musical works of V. Vysotsky. At the Mining Institute, he became interested in mountaineering. From 1983 to 1989, A. Odintsov participated in climbing championships under the guidance of coach A.V. Rusyaeva.
In honor of the deceased friend
A. Odintsov had the idea that there are many walls that have not been overcome. “The Russian Way - The Walls of the World” was the name of the project, and it was dedicated to the deceased Alexei Rusyaev.
These are ten "capricious" rocks, the walls of which are a vertical steep cliff. Odintsov’s teams passed 9 out of 10 walls in India, Norway, Pakistan, Greenland and other countries, including Jeanne in the Himalayas, nicknamed the peak of Horror. Its top is an ice rink, where one person can hardly accommodate. Some foreign experts compared this victory with the landing of the Americans on the moon. For climbing Zhanna, the Russian team was awarded the international Piolet d'Or - Golden Ice ax.
Bridging yourself
Climbing is a test of a person’s capabilities for constant cold, bad weather, heavy snow, wind, rockfalls, avalanches and much more. Climbers are almost all the time on the rock. Overnight on the platforms they carry. Many days of physical and psychological stress. You cannot relax for a second. It seems that the rock is becoming more flat, but this does not happen. In almost every expedition A. Odintsov loses 8-10 kg. He says that during danger he recalls Vizbor’s song: "Calm
we are still ahead …"
Alexander is involved in many sports: playing football, basketball, chess, backgammon, skiing. He says that he cannot imagine himself lying on the Black Sea coast and that he wants to taste something unusual.
From personal life
It was the year 1975. He studied at the Mining Institute as a geologist. Once he rode along Nevsky Prospekt on a tram. The girls then wore maxi skirts. During the exit from the tram, he accidentally stepped on the girl's hem. Then he offered her help and got hit on the head. So they met. The girl, it turns out, was engaged in the mountaineering section. To beg forgiveness, he had to enroll in this section. Soon their paths diverged, but he did not give up classes. That such a fateful incident occurred in his life.
His wife was another girl - Natalya. Now they have three children. Son Alexei, watching the life of his father, believes that he is saved by professionalism and experience. The family got used to his lifestyle. The wife believes in the success of her husband. Never forbade him, considers that it is very important for him. Alexander himself associates his happiness of 80% with the mountains and says that without them he is bored of living, that motivation is lost.
